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(MpdeL) H 0. A. PAUTZ.

BUTTON AND STUD.

0. 244,441. I Patented July 19,1881;

4522 Jwu/c/ziar- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A.-FAUTZ, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES o.OHAMPENOIS, OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTON AN D STUD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,441, dated July 19,1881.

Application filed May 18, 1881. (Model) To all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, CHAS. A. FAUTZ, a citizen of the United States, residingin the city of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons and Studs, fullydescribed and represented in the following specification and theaccompanying drawing forming a part of the same.

My invention relates to an improvement .in the post and the shoe of abutton or stud and it consists in an improved construction for hingingthem together, and for simplifying the construction of the shoe andspring, and for strengthening the front plate by means of feet formed inone piece with the'post herein described. 7

The improved construction of the post consists in forming it of two thinparallel columns, united at their rear ends by solder to a piece oftube-wire, and formed at their front ends with feet bent parallel to thefront plate, to strengthen the plate when soldered thereto.

The improved construction of the shoe consists in making'it of a disk ofmetal, which forms a hinged plate to bear against the fiat-= tened endof thepost, the hinge being formed of a spring-strip attached to thedisk at both ends and indented at or near the middle to lit a pin in therear end of the post, thespring being in all cases formed in onepiecewith the disk by punching slots at its sides and stamping it into thedesired form.

My invention will be understood by reference to the annexed drawings, inwhich Figure l is a rear view of a cuff-button provided with myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a section on line :20 min Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aview similar to Fig. 2, with the shoe shown in dotted lines in itsposition for insertion. Fig. 4 is a side view of the entire button; Fig.5, a plan of the blank for making the post P; and Fig. 6, a rear view ofthe shoe D.

A is the front or ornamental side of a cuffbutton, to which my inventionis shown as applied, and which may be made in any desired style. Thepost I have devised is adapted to strengthen such a front, if made ofmetal, by the soldering of its bent feet to the rear side of the frontplate.

P is the post; B, a slot in its rear end, to which the shoe is hinged.

O is a pin arranged across the slot and secured to the post, to form thepivot of the shoe D. I

E is the hinge, formed of. a spring-strip of metal stamped out of, orstruck up from, the back D and attached at both its ends to the shoe,and being an integral part thereof, the middle of the strip being shownindented at c to fit the pin 0. The hinge or spring E is also pushed toone side of the plate D, so that the latter may bear upon the end of thepost or its side when the bend at e embraces the pin 0. The spring thusdraws the shoe firmly against the post and holds it in the desiredposition securely.

In Fig. 2 the shoe is represented as opened, or in position for use,while in Fig. 3 a dotted outline of the shoe is shown turned parallelwith the post for insertion into a button-hole.

The shoe described may be used with any post adapted to receive thespring E and pin 0 but I have devised one of peculiar form for use inthe construction of fine gold jewelry where the saving of metal isimportant. To secure the greatest lightness and strength combined, 1make the post of two thin columns kept apart by the hinge-pin, andprovided with feet, which serve to stiffen the front Awhen soldered toits inside. To make the post I form by suitable toolsa blank of sheetmetal like that shown in Fig. 5, the piece being of the width requiredin the post and long enough to form the height of the post when doubled,as well as the projecting feet F. By suitable tools I bend the blank tothe form shown in Fig. 3, a slot being provided in the middle to formthe notch shown in the rear of the post in Fig. 4, at B, and a pin, 0,or piece of tubewire in which a pin can be insertedis then soldered inthe loop of the 7 blank at the middle of the slot, and the rear end ofthe post is finished by filing off flat, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

From the above description it will be seen that my improved post andshoe may each be made of a single piece of metal, and that the solderingof the tube-wire in the end of the post affords a' convenient means ofintroducing and removing the pin 0 when desired for repairs.

The shoe D is exceedingly strong, simple, and durable, and not easilyderanged when in use.

For studs an ornamental or convex cap can be applied to the rear of theshoe by any desired means, and the spring-hinge thus concealed fromview.

I am aware that buttons have been made with a spring extending acrossthe shoe for a purpose similar to that for whichI use it; but in suchbuttons as those patented in July, 1872, as No. 129,904, and No. 224,386of 1880, the spring construction permitted the sliding of the shoeacross the end of the post, and could not therefore be stamped out of aslot in the shoe in the simple manner I have devised. This constructionI am enabled to employ by restricting the movement of the shoe solely totipping on its hinge to aposition parallel with the side of the post. Ido not therefore claim any construction adapted to slide across the rearend of the post, as do those referred to above; but,

Having described the real construction and operation of my devices, Iclaim the same, as follows:

1. In combination with the post of a button or stud, the hinged shoe,constructed as herein shown and described, adapted to bear against theflattened end of the post, and hinged thereto by an indented spring madeintegral with the shoe and attached thereto at both ends,the wholearranged to operate solely by a tipping movement, and prevented fromsliding by the attachment of the spring at both its ends, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

2. The post P, having slot B and pin 0 in its rear end, and flattened tofit the shoe, as herein described,in combination with the shoe D, formedin one piece with the spring E, and hinged to the pin 0 by anindentation in the spring, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I havehereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHAS. A. FAUTZ. Witnesses:

Tnos. S. CRANE, CHAS. O. HERRICK.

